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#1 2005-11-21 1:36 pm

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How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

People here always reply "go get a game box" when people complain about the lack of game or slow video card in a Mac, I just wonder how many here will actually get a 360!

btw, my friend who is a huge Halo fan is already in line to pick up a 360 at 12pm tonite in BB, he just aim me and told me that there is already 50people in front of him as of 2pm(10hrs to go!!).  Look like MS have some hardcore fan similar to those in the Mac community!

Wow!


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#2 2005-11-21 1:59 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

It's not really surprising.  There's a few folks that hang around the Games forum that will either buy one, have pre-ordered one, or have received one for free.

You know how many people here waited for Halo 2?

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#3 2005-11-21 1:59 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Nintendo revolution here.
Euh, so no. euh, not me.


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#4 2005-11-21 2:01 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

I was considering a Xbox 360, but decided against it.  I too will be waiting for the Revolution.

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#5 2005-11-21 2:02 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

And people didn't line up that long for a PS2 or an N64 huh there PCguy?

You know the games department has little to do with the rest of MS and you CLEARLY know that posting this kind of inflammatory post here in CB rather than the GAMES FORUM is a better idea because you just might your smurf torn out and fed to you there. Or it is also an option that no one would care, because your the lunatic trying to piss off a bunch of happy mac users and they just wouldnt give a damn.


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#6 2005-11-21 2:28 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Since I am an adult I will pass on the Revolution and go for the 360.  How many times can you put out the same crap game?  Mario party 97 will be great along with Mario Tennis 44 and Donkey Kong 84 Attack of the pigmies.  Gamecube blew and until they grow up I will have to pass.

As far as the 360 goes I might get one between now and Christmas but I doubt I will keep it.  When the 360's value is the same as it's retail price then i will get it until then any 360 I get a hold of will be on Ebay very soon.


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#7 2005-11-21 2:33 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Since I'm an adult, I'll go for all 3 systems. HA!


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#8 2005-11-21 2:35 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Kurto2021 wrote:

Since I am an adult I will pass on the Revolution and go for the 360.  How many times can you put out the same crap game?  Mario party 97 will be great along with Mario Tennis 44 and Donkey Kong 84 Attack of the pigmies.  Gamecube blew and until they grow up I will have to pass.

Your level of ignorance is slightly amusing.

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#9 2005-11-21 2:44 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Marc wrote:

And people didn't line up that long for a PS2 or an N64 huh there PCguy?

You know the games department has little to do with the rest of MS and you CLEARLY know that posting this kind of inflammatory post here in CB rather than the GAMES FORUM is a better idea because you just might your smurf torn out and fed to you there. Or it is also an option that no one would care, because your the lunatic trying to piss off a bunch of happy mac users and they just wouldnt give a damn.

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#10 2005-11-21 2:55 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

ABigSmall wrote:

Kurto2021 wrote:

Since I am an adult I will pass on the Revolution and go for the 360.  How many times can you put out the same crap game?  Mario party 97 will be great along with Mario Tennis 44 and Donkey Kong 84 Attack of the pigmies.  Gamecube blew and until they grow up I will have to pass.

Your level of ignorance is slightly amusing.

I just hope no one from games forum comes up here after that.


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#11 2005-11-21 3:03 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

When flying pigs strap explosive belts around their waists and suicide bomb above my house to supply me with bacon.

(That's in answer to the opening question.)

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#12 2005-11-21 3:13 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

i'm told i'll have mine on friday.
Project Gotham Racing is a flippin' sweet game.

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#13 2005-11-21 3:16 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Marc wrote:

And people didn't line up that long for a PS2 or an N64 huh there PCguy?

You know the games department has little to do with the rest of MS and you CLEARLY know that posting this kind of inflammatory post here in CB rather than the GAMES FORUM is a better idea because you just might your smurf torn out and fed to you there. Or it is also an option that no one would care, because your the lunatic trying to piss off a bunch of happy mac users and they just wouldnt give a damn.

Aren't you just a happy person!
Mery Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!

I just went to visit my friend who is waiting inline, the store is passing out coffee and donut! look like a pretty good time to me!


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#14 2005-11-21 3:17 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

then you should join him and never come back here again.

Have a good Kwanzaa! smile


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#15 2005-11-21 3:33 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Marc wrote:

then you should join him and never come back here again.

Have a good Kwanzaa! smile

But if I don't come back to place like this, who would make sure that people such as youself don't just BS with no regard to even half truth?

I like to think of my visit to this forum as a community service!

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#16 2005-11-21 3:37 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

I'm going to have to bunch myself with the rest of the peoples. The 360 is the same damn game system I've been playing since the Playstation came out, albeit with much better graphics and capabilities, but it's still the same concept. With really nice AAx4 rendered grass.

hmm

At least with the Revolution, I'm holding on to some hope that somebody will put its unique capabilities to good use. Okay, so what I'm really hoping for is a nice Star Wars game and a 1:1 scale replica light saber controller. smile

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#17 2005-11-21 3:46 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Heh, I was thinking of a Kill Bill video game and killing Cotton Mouth with a Revolution-controller-controlled katana.

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#18 2005-11-21 4:08 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Maybe they will come out with a game where you can pet a gay dog.  What is up with that stupid Nintendog crap anyway.  God I used to love my 8bit nintendo.  What happened?

As far as the Revolution controller well I am skeptical at the moment but we will see.  I just don't get how it will work but I will keep an open mind.  Nintendo needs more 3rd party developers and Sony sucks.  I am glad Texas is suing them.


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#19 2005-11-21 4:10 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

I had a good look at one on the weekend and I have to say what I saw was pretty dissapointing after all the hype, it looks the same as my year old PC.  I have my eye on the PS3 with it's DVI capabilities, but what I can't wait for is the Revolution.

Different is good, maybe Nintendo has begun to "Think Different" themselves.  I'm perfectly happy with my PS1 and my Cube for now, in a few years once there's a decent game library to choose from and prices come down I'll pick up a 360 or a PS3.

I am soooo getting a Rev on launch day big_smile

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#20 2005-11-21 4:26 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Kurto2021 wrote:

Maybe they will come out with a game where you can pet a gay dog.  What is up with that stupid Nintendog crap anyway.  God I used to love my 8bit nintendo.  What happened?

As far as the Revolution controller well I am skeptical at the moment but we will see.  I just don't get how it will work but I will keep an open mind.  Nintendo needs more 3rd party developers and Sony sucks.  I am glad Texas is suing them.

Heh, you mean Nintendogs?  I've never played it, seems like another Tamogochi (or however you spell it) to me.  But there's more than just "petting gay dogs" crap with the DS.  And the GameCube's library isn't composed entirely of Mario Part, contrary to your belief.

IGN has an informative article about the Revolution.  Note that the cradle image in the article is a mock-up by IGN, not official.  There was another online article that talked about a Revolution controller demo..  think it was from 1UP.

[EDIT]Ah, this would be sweet!

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#21 2005-11-21 4:42 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

Does anybody know how the X360 fares against a PC?  Somebody told me it's GPU is better than two 6800 Ultras in SLI.  Is this true?  I remember spending $500 on a 6800GT when it first came out, (I think it's below $300 now) so if that's the case the X360 will kick the PC's ass in terms of bang-for-the-buck value.  So let's say it's as good as (or close to) a 7800GT.  The cheapest one I found at newegg was $300.  Okay, now we have to build the rest of the system.  Another thing to consider is that few PC games actually take advantage of anything higher than a 6800 vanilla.  With most games, the extra money buys you more pixels, AA, AF, etc...  While those things are important to hard-core gamers, I'd rather have higher texture resolutions and things like that.  It's like when I first tried playing Doom 3 on my GFTi4200.  I was much more satisfied with D3 on Low Quality @ 640x480 than I was with any prior game - period (graphically speaking).  Since the X360 is a closed system, developers won't mind pushing it as hard as they can right out of the gate, which could be a big plus in the short term.


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#22 2005-11-21 5:58 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

I was thinking about getting one, but now I think I'll wait until that first 'must have' game come out for it (whatever that is, I have no idea).

I will be getting a revolution at launch, though.


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#23 2005-11-21 6:56 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

I haven't even finished Forza yet!

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#24 2005-11-21 7:17 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

i dont even have enough time to play WoW as it is... but ill get all 3 consoles in time... im so getting a PS3 to play GTA


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#25 2005-11-21 8:17 pm

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Re: How many here will get xbox 360 between tomorrow and christmas?

The nintendo revolution kills people.  I hope they release some cool games for the Nintendo Revolution, especially first person shooters.

I want to encourage all my friends to get Revolutions, so we can play games online for free big_smile


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